Masripithecus: A new Miocene ape from Egypt sheds light on the origins of modern apes In a study published in Science, an international research team from the Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (Egypt) and the University of Southern California (U.S.) describe Masripithecus moghraensis, a newly identified fossil ape that lived about 17–18 million years ago, during the Early Miocene.

Masripithecus moghraensis, a newly identified Early Miocene ape from Egypt, provides evidence that North Africa played a central role in the evolutionary origins of modern apes.

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رقمنة الحفريات داخل مركز جامعة المنصورة للحفريات الفقارية مشروع قومي مهم للحفاظ على التراث الطبيعي المصري.

قرموط وادي الحيتان (Qarmoutus hitanensis)
عاش قرموط وادي الحيتان في مصر قبل حوالي ٤٠ مليون سنه واكتشفه سلام لاب بقيادة الدكتوره سناء السيد ،وبعد هذا البحث الأول من نوعه تنشره سيده من شرق الأوسط كباحث رئيسي
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Our new discovery, led by @shorouqalashqar.bsky.social , has unveiled a new 30-million-year-old species of apex predator, #Bastetodon, in Egypt’s Fayum Desert! Check out the study in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. @matt-borths.bsky.social @erikseiffert.bsky.social #SallamLab #MUVP

The Fayum remains one of Africa’s most vital fossil sites,” says co-author Matt Borths @matt-borths.bsky.social . Our team is excited to continue exploring this remarkable region to uncover more about ancient African ecosystems. #SallamLab #MUVP

Named after the cat-headed goddess Bastet, Bastetodon is symbolically linked to Sekhmetops, inspired by the lion-headed goddess Sekhmet. Mythology meets science in this incredible find! #SallamLab #MUVP

This discovery reshapes our understanding of hyaenodont evolution! Bastetodon and its relative Sekhmetops reveal that these ancient carnivores originated in Africa before spreading across the globe.
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It all began when team member Belal Salem @belals.bsky.social spotted large teeth sticking out of the ground. This led to the discovery of a nearly complete skull of Bastetodon, a fearsome leopard-sized carnivore that once roamed ancient lush Fayum forests. #SallamLab #MUVP

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Cretaceous fossil skull from earliest known modern bird The nearly complete fossilised skull of an ancient extinct bird might lay to rest controversial debate amongst palaeontologists about the first avians.

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Articulated skeletons of the small oreodont Miniochoerus

#FossilFriday A small herd of the oreodont Miniochoerus, nestling in death. At the Tate Geological Museum in Wyoming.

Evaluation of the endocranial anatomy of the early Paleogene north African gavialoid crocodylian Argochampsa krebsi and evolutionary implications for adaptation to salinity tolerance in marine crocodyliforms We reconstructed the endocranial anatomy of Argochampsa krebsi, a fossil gavialoid crocodylian from the early Paleogene of North Africa, identifying potential osteological correlates for salt glands....

Evaluation of the endocranial anatomy of the early Paleogene north African gavialoid crocodylian Argochampsa krebsi and evolutionary implications for adaptation to salinity tolerance in marine crocodyliforms - Pligersdorffer - Journal of Anatomy onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Egyptian Dinosaur land, Bahariya Oasis, Egypt

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In 2020 I illustrated DINOSAURS: NEW VISIONS OF A LOST WORLD, by Prof Mike Benton. Here's Sinosauropteryx, the first non-bird feathered dinosaur to be described.
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